Current visiting times

We know how important it is for patients and families to be able to see visitors. Please help us keep our patients and staff as safe as possible by checking the guidance below before you visiting. 

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Messages for loved ones and keeping in touch

We recognise the impact that a long stay in hospital can have on families and the importance of maintaining strong communication.  Our ward staff are keeping in touch with patients’ next of kin directly and our Voluntary Services team can help pass on personal messages from family and friends.

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Current visiting times

After suspending visiting earlier in the year, we are now able to offer limited visiting to some wards at the discretion of the nurse in-charge.”

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Messages for loved ones and keeping in touch

We recognise the impact that a long stay in hospital can have on families and the importance of maintaining strong communication.  Our ward staff are keeping in touch with patients’ next of kin directly and our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) can help pass on personal messages from family and friends.

Read more information about messages for loved ones…

Our Strategy – Working Together, Improving Together

Our strategy sets out our vision, values, strategic aims and most importantly, how we will deliver against these ambitions for our patients, communities, and people in the future.

It is not just a document, it is for and about everyone at PHU, building on what we have achieved with a renewed focus on continuous improvement and the need to continue to work together and improve together to achieve our goals. 

A full copy of the strategy can be downloaded here.

For more information, please visit our strategy webpage.

There are lots of opportunities for you to get involved with the Trust, from volunteering to attending our public meetings, our Annual General Meeting or our hospital open day which is held every year.

News

Record number of people attend Emergency Department in Portsmouth in last 24 hours

Date: 21 March 2023

The number of people attending the Emergency Department (ED) at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham hit a new record this week, as pressures on the area’s health services continue to mount.

Over 420 people attended the ED yesterday, the highest daily figure since mid-December last year, when there was a sharp rise in Strep A and scarlet fever cases.

Over 140 people arrived by ambulance to the Emergency Department at QA Hospital but over 250 people walked in to be treated for minor injuries such as bumps, leg or arm injuries.

The last week has seen a total of 2,423 people attend ED, 834 of whom were subsequently admitted to the hospital.

Now Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is calling on the public to help ease the pressures by only attending its Emergency Department for life-threatening illnesses or injuries.

Mark Roland, Deputy Medical Director at the Trust, said: “We need the local community to help us by only using the Emergency Department for life threatening conditions and injuries.

“We urge people to not attend the ED unless it’s an emergency. For conditions such as sprains, bites and minor burns, please visit your local Urgent Treatment Centres at St Mary’s Hospital in Portsmouth, Gosport and Petersfield. If you need to know where to get help and support, please go to NHS 111 online.

“Our immediate priority is to ensure there are beds available for our most seriously ill patients and we will be focusing on safely discharging as many patients as possible. We ask that families and loved ones support us with this and collect patients as soon as they are ready to be discharged. We thank the community at this time for their support.”

For more information on the best place to go for medical treatment, visit: https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/news/knowwheretogo-for-urgent-medical-help/621361

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